DesktopClock Changelog

What's new in DesktopClock 4.1.0

Jan 4, 2024
  • Custom background image:
  • (path must have two slashes \, image is stretched)
  • .wav sound player
  • Plays a custom sound file on a specified interval.
  • (path must have two slashes \, hh:mm:ss)
  • Other:
  • Clock will pause while being dragged around
  • "Hide for now" works better with the tray icon enabled
  • Enables Windows 11 "efficiency mode" and performs other optimizations while hidden
  • Improved right-alignment option and general rendering on start
  • Fixed upgrade from <v4 crashing if countdown was enabled
  • Other small fixes, tweaks, and improvements

New in DesktopClock 4.0.0 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • 12-hour formats are now the default and available in the menu
  • Add "Hide for now" to easily minimize the clock
  • Much improved saving of settings
  • Size scaling is non-linear to go lower or much higher more easily
  • New Regex-enabled tokenizer for formatting (Hr: {hh} Min: {mm} Sec: {ss})
  • Newlines work in formats ({hh}n{mm}n{ss})
  • Countdown is now based off current timezone and custom formats are back!
  • Option to disable drag-to-move
  • More advanced settings (corner rounding, right-alignment)
  • Added some one-time tips and made others one-time as well
  • Many other tweaks, polish, and fixes!

New in DesktopClock 3.1.0 Beta 2 (Oct 16, 2023)

  • Reintroduce Countdown Format - 9bd23e7
  • Add option to keep window right-aligned - a4ae49d
  • Fix settings not saved on system shutdown - 3d8f699
  • Misc optimizations, refactorings, updates, and fixes

New in DesktopClock 3.1.0 Beta 1 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • Add option to control level of corner rounding - 0932407 #14
  • Show in system tray if taskbar icon is disabled - 3fca959 #19
  • Update dependencies - 572e1fc
  • Add new formatting style that lets you include words - c6d45d0 #8
  • New clocks are now created with simpler filename - 314bf4f
  • Add option to disable moving window with cursor - 5416874 #11

New in DesktopClock 3.0.0 (Dec 27, 2022)

  • Redesigned Countdown mode with automatic formatting
  • Refined style and themes
  • Ctrl+Scroll to resize
  • Better default settings and reordered for relevance
  • Code improvements

New in DesktopClock 3.0.0 Beta 2 (Jun 20, 2022)

  • Ctrl+Scroll resizes more smoothly
  • Settings in file are ordered by relevance
  • More improvements to style and themes

New in DesktopClock 2.0.0 (Jun 20, 2022)

  • Major improvements and redesign